The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1771961112 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for Elaine Dewar"Dewar is a keen observer of place and personality."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bones:Discovering the First Americans, an investigation of the science and politics regarding the peopling of the Americas, was a national bestseller and earned a special commendation from the Canadian Archaeological Association. Elaine Dewarauthor, journalist, television story editorhas been propelled since childhood by insa
Its dynamic leader Jack McClelland worked with successive provincial and federal governments to help draft policies in the 1960s and 70s which ensured that Canadian stories would, for the first time in the nation’s history, be told and published by Canadians. Until recently, McClelland and Stewart had been known as “The Canadian Publisher,” the country’s longest-lived and best independent press. When 75% of M&S was gifted amidst great fanfare to the University of Toronto on Canada Day 2000“To achieve the survival of one great Canadian institution,” M&S owner Avie Bennett declared at the time, “I have given it into the care of another great Canadian institution”one could’ve a